#them mirroring each other..FUCK

[sticklystag]

Both Ellie and Caitlyn started out as easily loveable characters with good intentions – Ellie wanting to help other people by making a cure and Caitlyn becoming an enforcer (less of a good thing, but yk Caitlyn's intentions were good in the start).

They were funny, lighthearted, and even silly you could say, but then their parental figures died, and that’s when their character did a complete 180.

With Joel and Cassandra's death, there was a wave of grief covering both Ellie and Caitlyn at first, before their anger took hold and they became unrecognizable in their rage and desperate need for revenge.

In the entirety of s2 of Arcane and Tlou2, Ellie and Caitlyn’s only goal was to hunt down Abby and Jinx respectively, not letting anything or anyone get in their way; Caitlyn pushed everyone away, only letting people who helped her to hunt down Jinx; Caitlyn was also fine with using the Grey, gassing parts of Zaun (and even if she did only use the grey on criminals that still doesn’t justify or excuse her behavior).

The moment Ellie got to Seattle, she started by hunting down Abby’s friends, lashing out at people close to her who called her out on her destructive behavior (Dina and Jesse), Ellie even went as far as to torture Nora, something that affected Ellie.

Ellie and Caitlyn were so gone in their need for revenge that they were completely blind and narrow-minded about anything else: their relationships; Who they were hurting; People who just got caught in the crossfire, their close ones, and themselves in the process.

Both were so deep in their own minds that they were willing to hurt children; Ellie threatened to hurt Levi if Abby didn't fight her (although I doubt that Ellie would have actually killed him, I feel like that's too far even for her).

And as for Caitlyn, she was willing to shoot through Isha as long as she got to Jinx, which It was obvious that Caitlyn wasn’t really thinking at that moment. I think in that moment she was so focused on killing Jinx that she didn't even fully realize how her shot would have to go through Isha first to get to Jinx.

Caitlyn and Ellie also did not have anybody for them during that time even though they did, let me explain:

So Caitlyn— Her mom is dead, while her Dad is a shell of himself. Jayce (who you could argue is like a brother to Caitlyn), disappeared and his whereabouts are unknown. Caitlyn broke off her relationship with Vi out of anger, abandoning her. The only people who are left in Caitlyn’s life are Maddie and Ambessa; One is a placeholder for Vi (Since I highly doubt Caitlyn loved Maddie), and Ambessa is using Caitlyn to get what she wants while giving Caitlyn ways to direct her anger.

For Ellie— Joel died, leaving her already with an empty hole in her heart, and Jesse followed suit.

Tommy wasn’t in a place where he could offer support to Ellie while deep in his grief and anger. Dina was the strongest anchor Ellie had, and in the end, Ellie made the conscious decision to leave Dina, just to get to kill Abby.

[staab]

Bowlcuts

[hopefully-helpful-daemon]

I'm always on my Bruce acted like Damian when younger shit, but I'm also on my Oliver was eerily similar to Cass when young bullshit

Look, that man might have been stranded on an island for a year(s) but no other person would get into that situation and decide that the most reasonable choice was to dismantle the drug ring on the island with nothing but a bow and barely any training.

So I like to think that Ollie was always a little fucked, just uncomfortably wrong in a way that most people wouldn't understand. that actually being why Bruce likes him when they first meet.

Him being unnaturally quiet, not when speaking of course, it's Oliver Queen, no one can get him to be quiet when speaking unless he wanted to, but quiet in the way of being able to sneak up on people without even trying. Just appearing in a room and scaring everybody, even when someone is keeping an eye on him, he'll inevitably slip away and reappear a few hours later in a place that he's not supposed to be.

when Bruce and Ollie first met, Bruce liked him because he kinda scared the shit out of him, there was a look to him that just set off of the warning signs in Bruce's head and of course that means that he needed to friends with Ollie immediately.

And later, when Bruce's mouth inevitably got him into trouble, he never had to worry about what would happen after he won because Oliver would always jump in first. people learned very quickly that you can't fuck with one of them without the other being there too.

in the first few months of Oliver being the GA, Batman comes to Starling for something and tries to slip away after being spotted, but Oliver is able to hunt him through the city. No matter what Bruce tries, GA is always two steps behind and getting closer. finally Bruce is able to lose him at the edge of town (Oliver doesn't lose him, he just knows that Batman is leaving and sees no reason to keep going after him) and decides right then that the Green Arrow is never allowed within Gotham, that no other vigilante is allowed in Gotham.

Years down the line, after the JL is up and both of them are in it, Bruce questions whether he should tell Ollie that he's the Bat, but Oliver already knows, has know since the first time that they fought side by side, because no one has fit so perfectly beside him since those days in school. the days that he was the blinding sunlight in front, the fist that everyone paid attention to, so no one noticed the dark shape in the shadows Oliver had cast, the knife that you didn't even realizes was there until it was being pulled out of your ribs. of course Oliver knew that Bruce was Batman, he would have shot him with an arrow on that first mission if he hadn't.

[haveihitanerve]

No okay but you guys don’t understand- the way SFTH bois are always always whether on purpose or not, in sync is everything I’ve ever wanted in life its so fucking cute-

Like when they’re doing expert, obviously the three are trying their best to be together, or mimic the same thing the previous person has gesticulated

But also- when they’re casually sitting in the wings, on opposite sides, watching the main stage, they’ll lean together in sync

They’ll cross their legs at the same time

Sam and Luke push back their hair together

AJ and Luke lean in the same direction when they laugh

Tom and Sam dip their heads to hide a laugh or disappointed at the same time

They follow hand movements, step backwards together, blend and flow around each other with such perfect synchronization you think its scripted

[vaguely-concerned]

there are a lot of daddy issues to go around on DS9 in general, but odo, bashir and garak are really in their own special little fucked up 'what am I but wrought in my father's image' club

[korogie]

Hi. Dream nervous hops when meeting George in person for the first time.

[evilkaeya]

finished reading no home. I don't think I'll ever be the same person every again.

[stopbuggingm3]

Finally back with some Arya art!! Feels like its been forever since last drew her i hate it 😭😭

also by the way just to be clear, Arya is in no way actually capable of beating Toby in a fight at all. If she ever managed to get her hands on one of Toby's hatchets it'd be because he threw it at her in an attempt to behead her and she ran off with it before he could take it back 💀

[razberrypuck]

staring directly at sonic generations. classic metal sonic had a voice box. for one of the chaos emerald challenges, he demands (classic)sonic face him for the emerald. which means metal was originally created with a voice box, and presumably just. didn't talk much. neo metal sonic didn't give himself a voice, he always had one, and was finally using it -- but when eggman got his hands on him again after heroes, he took it away, alongside the rest of his autonomy.

and it just feels so needlessly cruel, doesn't it? I can at least understand why eggman would make him more obedient after being betrayed (its still a fucked up thing to do, don't get me wrong,) but his voice? that just feels like something eggman did for himself. a punishment, as if being stripped of the ability to act on his own will wasn't punishment enough.

[sparrowsfallingfromthesky]

every single expression trent makes in his first scene of season three is just so so good

[lounaticm]

Finally got around to making a base for reference sheets of all my Seraphim boys, so. Here they are~

Plus, went ahead and drew up my design for Bimmy boy~

(No, I promise they aren't all going to be black. 😅 But... still a few more of them are going to be, since so many Egos wear or are associated with black. I'll see about drawing up a more colorful one next lol)

@kiwibubbles5

[vaguely-concerned]

kill me

(*wobbly tearstained voice* this is father & son richard plantagenet in henry vi part 3 1983 dir jane howell btw. which is. extremely good)

[spineless-lobster]

There’s literally no happier feeling than seeing achilles and patroclus in the glade together love wins

[possamble]

whats your take on marcille and pattadols post canon friendship? they seem to hang out occasionally in a couple of post canon shorts and i was wondering if your beautiful mind has anything more to add? youre amazing 💖

☺️ aha thank you so much!!! Pattadol and Marcille are sooo interesting to me because like. I think Pattadol is who Marcille would have become if her parents had both been long-lived, and she never had a reason to question elven authority. The hardworking attitude, insistence on sticking to a very rigid set of principles, a little bit of vanity in wanting to be recognized for her efforts... the slightly ridiculous uptightness and neurotic attitude at times, though at heart they're both kind people who want the best for everyone in their own ways.

In the post-canon, I'm assuming that Pattadol has her own ambassador's quarters in either the castle or the inner city, and the two of them grab tea at the castle drawing room/garden/whatever. I think they talk shop, soundboard ideas off each other, and gossip/complain a little about incompetent colleagues/problems... I think they're each others' dream work friends, honestly. Polite, competent, friendly but never getting overly personal, fun and pleasant to talk to. The fact that Pattadol's 82 and a fairly young woman by elven standards also plays into it, I think -- Marcille hasn't had another elf friend along the same maturity range and professional level of experience, so this is probably nice for her!

What I would like to see is them eventually developing a closer relationship. I think a lot about the way Pattadol reassured Marcille that, because of her accomplishments, she'd have a pretty comfortable sentence as a Canary. About the way, while there was tension because of what was happening at the time, they were both immediately very polite to each other upon meeting and kind of?? got along/clicked immediately in some ways?? It feels like they have the same kind of standards for themselves and others (as well as general inexperience and slight insecurity about their own competency, which probably makes them feel at more or less an equal level with each other).

And I think that'd be good for both of them -- having someone else that they admire, who also admires them in return and recognizes their talents and hard work. There's a very unique kind of rapport you build with someone that you hold as an intellectual peer and can trust to give you feedback that's actually reliable and up to par. While they might both be too professional to really become super close friends who can always be open with each other, there's a very real and deep kind of companionship that forms from this kind of trust, and I hope that's the direction they're heading in.

It's also extra delicious if you add in the tension of Pattadol inherently being a foreign agent from a country that isn't necessarily friendly, but they end up with that strange trust anyway... not to mention the thought that she might find herself actually admiring how Melini is growing and trying to defend it when reporting back to the queen.

[soepwashere]

slightly unhinged late night raph rambles incoming

Thinking about how turtles feel pain through their shells (especially cracked shells) and how much it must have hurt Raph to take that hit. Wonder how long it hurt after the movie’s events or if it aches sometimes.

With the addition of how horrified Leo looks, really shows how serious shell injuries are for them, and again, they must really hurt

Like that went straight through, poor guy :(

Also his expression at the end here hello??? The resignation??? He looks so grim and with good reason! He’s in pain, last he saw his dad was hurt really bad, and he doesn’t know what’s next but he knows it won’t be good, but he still gets his brother to safety. I’m going to be so sick OUGH

Don’t even get me started on the Krang possession or how he was forced to fight his family or the stuff with Leo’s sacrifice because we’d be here all day—

Including happy Raphs below the cut to ease the hurt ajdkfkdkf

[mo-ok]